Batting for coronavirus vaccine for all, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it is the need of the country as everyone has the right to a safe life.
He said this as part of “SpeakUpForVaccinesForAll” campaign launched by the party on social media, demanding COVID-19 vaccine for all citizens to protect them from the virus.
“Corona vaccine is the need of the country. You all should also raise your voice for it. Everyone has the right to a safe life,” he said in a tweet.
He also shared a short video about making the vaccine available for all citizens.
कोरोना वैक्सीन देश की ज़रूरत है।
आप भी इसके लिए अपनी आवाज़ बुलंद कीजिए- सबको हक़ है सुरक्षित जीवन का।#SpeakUpForVaccinesForAll pic.twitter.com/qcxFZuzR2x
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 12, 2021
India saw the maximum single-day rise of 1,68,912 COVID-19 infections and 904 fatalities on Monday morning, pushing the number of active cases in the country to over 12 lakh.
The central government has urged to speed up the scale of vaccine production manifold, as more and more states flag shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses.
Top government sources told ANI that by end of the third quarter of this year, India will be getting vaccines from five additional manufacturers. Whereas the country is currently manufacturing Covishield and Covaxin.
Explaining the new strategy to manufacture additional vaccine doses, a source said “India currently has 2 Covid-19 vaccines being manufactured locally: Covishield and Covaxin, and we can expect five more vaccines by Q3 2021.
These vaccines are Sputnik V vaccine (in collaboration with Dr. Reddy’s), Johnson & Johnson vaccine (in collaboration with Biological E), Novavax vaccine (in collaboration with Serum India), Zydus Cadila’s vaccine, and Bharat Biotech’s Intranasal Vaccine. Safety and efficacy are the Union government’s primary concerns while granting emergency use authorisation (EUA) to any Covid-19 vaccine in the country.”
